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Archive for February, 2007

Feb 27 2007

UltimateBet.tv Takes Center Stage Alongside VH1 Classic Rock N’Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament (SYS-CON Media)

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Two lucky UltimateBet http://www.ultimatebet.tv/ free online poker players will challenge the likes of Godsmack’s Sully Erna, Damageplan and Pantera’s Vinnie Paul and even ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill to a not-so-friendly game of poker during VH1 Classic Rock n’ Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament. The televised debut in Las Vegas will premiere on VH1 Classic on Wednesday, March 14 at 10:00 PM EDT.

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Feb 27 2007

Online Poker Site Now Offering Party Poker Bonus Code ‘UK777’ (PR Web)

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For the first time in Party Poker history, PartyGaming LTD is offering the largest sign up bonus of more than £100 with bonus code “UK777”. (PRWeb Feb 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/RmFsdS1TdW1tLVByb2YtSG9yci1NYWduLVplcm8=

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Feb 27 2007

Poker Plex Announces The Mighty MPP Dash: Drive Away in a Brand New Porsche Boxster Car (PR Web)

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It is with great pride and much excitement that Poker Plex announces the launch of its latest and greatest exclusive promotion to date. The Mighty MPP Dash is sure to be the showdown of the year! (PRWeb Feb 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/TG92ZS1GYWx1LUNyYXMtSG9yci1NYWduLVplcm8=

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Feb 27 2007

Online Poker Site Now Offering Party Poker Bonus Code ‘UK777’ (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

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For the first time in Party Poker history, PartyGaming LTD is offering the largest sign up bonus of more than £100 with bonus code “UK777”.

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Feb 27 2007

Poker Plex Announces The Mighty MPP Dash: Drive Away in a Brand New Porsche Boxster Car (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

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It is with great pride and much excitement that Poker Plex announces the launch of its latest and greatest exclusive promotion to date. The Mighty MPP Dash is sure to be the showdown of the year!

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Feb 27 2007

Cash, Video Poker Machines Seized At VFW Hall (WMUR News 9)

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Investigators said they seized tens of thousands of dollars and several illegal video poker machines at a Milford Veterans of Foreign Wars hall over the weekend.

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Feb 27 2007

Everest Poker hosts special tournament (Casino City Times)

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MONTREAL, Quebec – (PRESS RELEASE) — Everest Poker today announced a special private poker tournament for its affiliates. The event will be held on Sunday, 25 February at 19:00 GMT and is only open to individuals who are currently enrolled in the Everest Poker affiliate program.

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Feb 27 2007

Poker Gets Serious. Loses Sex, Bootie, Streakers, Cows, Lingerie (adrants)

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Here’s a refreshingly new approach to online poker advertising. Rather than strangely dressed booth babes, sex-laced silliness, strippers with surprise endings, politically stylized bootie, potentially removed fingers, branded streakers (1, 2), lingerie-clad pillow fighters and painted cows, we have…

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Feb 27 2007

Limping In

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It sucks when you’re sitting there in early position and you get a low pocket pair. You have a decent little hand on you, but it’s nothing really strong. You’re right behind the blinds. You can try to act tough and make a raise, hoping to scare off some players, or you can try to limp in.

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Feb 27 2007

Poker Superstars - The Right Way to Play Tens

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In this double elimination round of Poker Superstars III a WSOP champion showed how to play shorthanded with a decent pair. In this particular hand the Matador showed the right way to play a wired pair - if you are lucky enough not to get outdrawn along the way.

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Feb 27 2007

The WSOP Invades Europe

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For years the United States has been borrowing from Europe to make American sports better. Back in the late 90’s the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings looked eerily similar to the folks who chased Hitler’s forces out of Stalingrad during World War II.

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Feb 27 2007

Full Tilt FTOPS #3 ($300+22 buy-in No Limit Holdem) Results

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The Full Tilt Online Poker Series didn’t slow down by event number three, in fact the action continued to ramp up as Erick Lindgren hosted the event.

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Feb 27 2007

“Play Poker Like Johnny Chan, Book One: Casino Poker” by Johnny Chan and Mark Karowe

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This book is long on information - packed to the gills with all kinds of poker tips, playing insight, and how-to demonstrations. Chan’s paperback has highly regarded customer reviews and would be a good read for beginning and mid-level poker players.

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Feb 27 2007

3-D Poker Graphics Online

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There are computer poker games played on gaming platforms like the Xbox 360, and there are online poker rooms - there are even online poker rooms that use computer game style graphics, such as PKR.com, but there are few that offer that blend for free, and among them is Multiplayer Poker Global. MPG has innovative 3-D graphics and offers most standard games, such as Texas Holdem, Omaha Poker, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo. This game is available for download at Ocean Breeze Poker.com.Related Articles:New Xbox 360 poker gameCell phones’ latest mobile poker room…

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Feb 27 2007

Poker Hostage Rumors Hit Online News

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In southern Pakistan a teenage girl is appealing to the authorities to avoid being given over to a middle aged relative, according to recent online news reports, in payment of a debt that occurred when her late father lost in a game of poker. The game took place when Rasheeda was two years old, according to her mother Nooran, who said that the girl’s father ended up in 10 000 rupees worth of debt to Lal Haider, now 45. When the man couldn’t pay, he offered his daughter to Haider when she was older…

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Feb 27 2007

One of the Largest US WPT Fields in L.A.

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While it’s not surprising to see thousands of players competing in events like the World Series of Poker, the 791 players who showed up for the World Poker Tour’s L.A. Poker Classic Championship nearly broke the WPT records in the US. Each player put up $10k to play generating a $7,593.600 prize pool…

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Feb 26 2007

No rainbow around Gold (San Jose Mercury News)

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When Jamie Gold won the World Series of Poker’s Main Event last year, many observers found him arrogant and rooted against him. Then his business partner had to sue to get his promised half of the $12 million prize.

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Feb 26 2007

NBA can’t beat the Tosheff press (Northwest Indiana Times)

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Bill Tosheff was playing video poker at a Las Vegas hotel during NBA All-Star Weekend. He was on fire and in a friendly gesture, handed some chips to a stranger seated next to him - who then became an instant winner.

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Feb 26 2007

Monday February 26, 2007 - 00:04 EST (Rolling Good Times)

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Are Video Poker Machines Rigged? I sent you a quick question not too long ago… how many RNs required on a multiline slot? You had answered once before, the same number as the number of wheels/reels.

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Feb 26 2007

Building a Library of Poker Resources

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It seems that everyone associated with poker is writing or producing a poker self-help book these days. To make sure that reading those types of books or viewing the DVD’s is going to make the biggest impact on your game and the least damage to your pocketbook you must select the most appropriate type of resources to build your own unique poker library.

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